Transcript VAKT METHOD FOR MULTISENSORY LEARNING

 There are four main learning styles.. auditory,
visual, tactile, and kinesthetic.
 Your child will learn best through one or more of
these learning channels, and you can help him
become a successful learner by teaching the child
through his primary learning style(s).
 When you see programs say they are "Multisensory", this means the instruction utilizes all,
or most, of these channels in each lesson, and
multisensory teaching is of benefit to all children.
Auditory activities include reading,
listening, hearing, etc. These are channels
used in a typical school classroom. At first
you may confused because you may think,
as I initially did, that reading is solely a
visual activity. Reading is an auditory
activity because it involves the language
center of the brain and language
processing skills which are auditory in
nature. When you read, you "hear" the
words.
 If you suspect your child might have
dyslexia, you should know our
neuropsychologist told us "Not all visual
learners have dyslexia, but all children
with dyslexia are visual learners." Thus,
the child with dyslexia will do better
with visual teaching tools rather than
learning through lecture, reading, and
writing. Children with dyslexia take in
information through watching - videos,
movies, plays, demonstrations, etc.
channels.
 They pick up TONS of information from their
daily environment. Because of their visual
learning style, children with dyslexia often enter
school as BRIGHT, gifted kids, eager learners and
soon get labelled otherwise because they are now
being taught through their weakest channel. If
you have a child who has "true dyslexia", then you
will want to seek out instruction that uses
primarily
 the visual channel. Most children have a primary
learning style, and a secondary style, so
instruction will be most effective if it includes all
learning
 For children with auditory processing
problems, the visual and kinesthetic
channels are most critical for content
learning. A child with significantly
impaired movement might find
kinesthetic learning channels the most
difficult to use. The key is to know what
channel is most useful to your child and
teach towards that learning style.
 Most children can learn through all
channels and if they are taught through
all channels they will have maximized
learning because what they don't get
from their main channel, they may get
from another. Thus, the most effective
instructional method for
teaching *ALL* children is multi-sensory
instruction.
 Manipulatives are excellent for
kinesthetic and visual learners,
since the manipulatives are both
visual and moving. They would
not be as effective for a child with
visual processing problems. A
child with visual processing
problems would learn more
effectively from the auditory and
kinesthetic learning
channels.
 Visual:
Movies & Videos
Television
Pictures
Posters
Murals
Maps, Charts, Graphs
Field Trips
Computer Software
Demonstrations
Dramatizations
Experiments
 Auditory:
Read Alouds
Debates
Panel Discussions
Informal Discussions
Interviews
Lectures & Speeches
Books on Tape
Text-to-Speech
Plays
Radio Broadcasts
Music & Songs
 Kinesthetic:
Games
Models & Diaramas
Math Manipulatives
Letter Tiles, Scrabble
Computer Software
Arts & Crafts
Hands-On practice
Experiments
Field Trips
 Tactile:
Arts & Crafts
Clay modeling
Gardening
Dress-Up
Math Manipulatives
Painting
Sewing
Highlighting
Computer Software
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